News: Business/Earnings

Here's How Trump Handed Bashar al-Assad Victory in Syria

• Business/Earnings
• 2019-10-16 09:01:50Z

GAZIANTEP, Turkey-After eight years of Syrian civil war, the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, and the displacement of half the Syrian population, U.S. President Donald J. Trump's decisions have created conditions for Bashar al-Assad's regime to re-assert control over nearly one-third of the country that had been outside its grip since 2012. Far from reining in U.S. adversaries, Trump's presidency will likely be remembered as one through which Assad, this century's greatest mass murderer, managed finally to claw his way back to a position of undisputed authority. Trump Just Enlisted America in a New Axis of EvilThis is the way that's playing out on the ground in what is,...

George Conway: Trump's Syria decision is a 'colossal geopolitical blunder of historic significance'

• Business/Earnings
• 2019-10-14 22:27:48Z

George Conway, husband to White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, blasted the Trump, and also called out GOP lawmakers who didn't mention the president in their critiques

Trump: Let 'Napoleon Bonaparte' rescue Kurds

• Business/Earnings
• 2019-10-14 20:44:50Z

Donald Trump suggested Monday that Syria's formerly US-allied Kurds could look to 19th century French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte for protection after the US president ordered the departure of nearly 1,000 US troops from the country. Turkey was threatening to invade northeastern Syria after launching a military assault on the Kurds last week, leaving more than 300 dead on both sides and sending 160,000 refugees fleeing. "Anyone who wants to assist Syria in protecting the Kurds is good with me, whether it is Russia, China, or Napoleon Bonaparte.

UPDATE 1-Erdogan says Turkish-led offensive to extend further along Syrian border

• Business/Earnings
• 2019-10-13 13:15:48Z

Turkey's incursion into Syria will stretch from Kobani in the west to Hasaka in the east, going some 30 km (19 miles) into Syrian territory, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, and the town of Ras al Ain was already under Turkish control. Addressing a news conference in Istanbul, Erdogan said the Turkish-led forces had also besieged the Syrian border town of Tel Abyad, west of Ras al Ain, in its fight against the YPG Kurdish militia, which Ankara says is a terrorist organisation. "We focused first on the 120-km (75-mile) area between Ras al Ain and Tel Abyad.

A Real Threat: Why Russia's Air Force Should Be Taken Seriously

• Business/Earnings
• 2019-10-13 12:00:00Z

And why countries love to buy them.

Turkey attacks Syria: Trump didn't have to withdraw troops to fulfill campaign promises

• Business/Earnings
• 2019-10-09 14:10:26Z

The cost to the United States was small. The president could have maintained the status quo without hurting himself politically.

Killing of student critic sparks protests in Bangladesh

• Business/Earnings
• 2019-10-09 08:18:30Z

Police in Bangladesh were investigating the killing of a student at a university dormitory allegedly by student activists loyal to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after he criticized a recent water-sharing deal with India. Last weekend's killing has sparked protests at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in Dhaka. Police have arrested at least 11 students for their alleged involvement, said police spokesman Masudur Rahman.

House Gets FBI Interviews From Mueller Probe: Impeachment Update

• Business/Earnings
• 2019-10-09 00:34:40Z

(Bloomberg) -- The Justice Department said it's turned over to the House Judiciary Committees FBI reports on interviews of 17 people in response to a court order to produce still-secret materials from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.Here are the latest developments:House Gets FBI Interviews From Mueller Probe (8:34 p.m.)The Justice Department said it has handed over FBI interview notes on the following people: Chris Christie, Michael Cohen; Rick Dearborn; Uttam Dhillon; John Kelly; Jared Kushner; Cory Lewandowski; Paul Manafort; Mary McCord; K.T. McFarland ; Stephen Miller; Rob Porter; Rod Rosenstein; Christopher Ruddy; Sarah Sanders; Sean Spicer; and Sally Yates.The Justice...

Tens of thousands of Syrian fighters mobilised by Turkey

• Business/Earnings
• 2019-10-09 00:16:24Z

Akçakale (Turkey) (AFP) - Tens of thousands of Syrian proxy fighters have been mobilised to take part in a Turkish offensive that appeared imminent on Wednesday against Kurdish forces in Syria, a spokesman said. Turkey is preparing for an assault on Kurdish forces it brands terrorists after US President Donald Trump announced he was pulling back US troops, despite growing international concern over regional stability. The Syrian fighters, most of them from northwestern areas controlled by Turkey since previous offensives in 2016 and 2018, were gathered in a former refugee camp in the Turkish border town of Akcakale.

See Photos of the 2021 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2

• Business/Earnings
• 2019-10-08 22:23:00Z

This One Problem Makes Russia's Stealth Drone Not Very Stealthy

• Business/Earnings
• 2019-10-08 21:00:00Z

It's engine is too big and oddly-shaped.

North Korea breaks off nuclear talks with U.S. in Sweden

• Business/Earnings
• 2019-10-05 09:24:26Z

Working-level nuclear talks in Sweden between officials from Pyongyang and Washington have broken off, North Korea's top negotiator said late on Saturday, dashing prospects for an end to months of stalemate. The talks, at an isolated conference center on the outskirts of Stockholm, were the first such formal discussion since U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in June and agreed to restart negotiations that stalled after a failed summit in Vietnam in February.

There's now a sexy college admissions scandal Halloween costume, because of course there is

• Business/Earnings
• 2019-10-04 17:33:05Z

The $69.95 "College Scandal Costume" features a crop top with "Mom of the Year" printed across the front, crossed out and replaced with "INMATE."

Cool air to usher in 1st frost of season in parts of the northeastern US this weekend

• Business/Earnings
• 2019-10-03 10:57:12Z

As cooler air settles over the Northeast into the weekend, some areas will go from experiencing record heat to the first frost of the season in the span of just a few days.Summer's last hurrah left its mark in the record books across the region during the first two days of October. Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and New York City are among the cities that experienced their hottest October days on record at midweek, as temperatures soared into the middle and upper 90s F."When comparing highs from the peak of the heat this week to the late-night and early-morning lows this weekend, some locations will experience a 50-degree-Fahrenheit swing," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex...